eLearning Pioneers
The people who built, championed, and shaped the standards that power eLearning worldwide.
Philip Dodds
Chief Architect of SCORM
ADL Initiative
The person most responsible for SCORM existing. Led ADL's technical architecture from the first draft through SCORM 2004's final edition.
Mike Rustici
Founder, Rustici Software
Rustici Software
Built SCORM Cloud, led the Tin Can/xAPI project, and became the eLearning industry's most trusted voice on standards implementation.
Aaron Silvers
ADL Project Lead / xAPI Evangelist
ADL Initiative
Championed xAPI's open development process and built the community that carried it from research project to industry standard.
Bill McDonald
AICC Chair / cmi5 Architect
AICC
Chaired the AICC during its final years and shepherded cmi5 from concept to specification — AICC's last and perhaps greatest contribution.
Art Werkenthin
Founder & CEO, RISC Inc.
RISC Inc.
Built some of the earliest SCORM tooling and helped organizations worldwide implement eLearning standards correctly.
Dr. Edward R. Jones
Creator of Dr. Ed's SCORM Course
Independent
Created one of the most widely used SCORM demo courses — the very course preserved in SCORM.ing's exhibit.
Brian Caudill
JCA Solutions Founder / SCORM Auditor / Actyra Founder
JCA Solutions / Actyra
One of only 9 certified SCORM conformance test auditors. Founded JCA Solutions for SCORM tooling and later Actyra for next-generation eLearning technology.
Rob Abel
CEO, 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global)
1EdTech / IMS Global
Led IMS Global/1EdTech for over two decades, driving LTI from a basic launch protocol into essential education infrastructure.
Claude Ostyn
Learning Standards Strategist / SCORM Cookbook Author
Click2Learn (Asymetrix)
A legendary figure in the development of SCORM. Authored the SCORM Cookbook, helped create the SCORM specifications, and contributed to virtually every major eLearning standards body.